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Volume 362(1483);  July 29, 2007
Introduction
Bacterial conversations: talking, listening and eavesdropping. An introduction
Ian Joint, J Allan Downie, and Paul Williams
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1115–1117. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2038.
PMCID: PMC2042524
Research Articles
Look who's talking: communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial world
Paul Williams, Klaus Winzer, Weng C Chan, and Miguel Cámara
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1119–1134. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2039.
PMCID: PMC2435577
Cell–cell communication in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Catharine E White and Stephen C Winans
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1135–1148. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2040.
PMCID: PMC2435578
Quorum-sensing regulation in rhizobia and its role in symbiotic interactions with legumes
Maria Sanchez-Contreras, Wolfgang D Bauer, Mengsheng Gao, Jayne B Robinson, and J Allan Downie
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1149–1163. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2041.
PMCID: PMC2435579
Quorum sensing, virulence and secondary metabolite production in plant soft-rotting bacteria
Anne M.L Barnard, Steven D Bowden, Tom Burr, Sarah J Coulthurst, Rita E Monson, and George P.C Salmond
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1165–1183. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2042.
PMCID: PMC2435580
The peptide pheromone-inducible conjugation system of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10: cell–cell signalling, gene transfer, complexity and evolution
Gary M Dunny
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1185–1193. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2043.
PMCID: PMC2435581
Antibiotics as signalling molecules
Grace Yim, Helena Huimi Wang, and Julian Davies FRS
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1195–1200. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2044.
PMCID: PMC2435582
Quorum-quenching microbial infections: mechanisms and implications
Yi-Hu Dong, Lian-Hui Wang, and Lian-Hui Zhang
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1201–1211. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2045.
PMCID: PMC2435583
Quorum-sensing blockade as a strategy for enhancing host defences against bacterial pathogens
Thomas Bjarnsholt and Michael Givskov
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1213–1222. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2046.
PMCID: PMC2435584
Cross-kingdom signalling: exploitation of bacterial quorum sensing molecules by the green seaweed Ulva
Ian Joint, Karen Tait, and Glen Wheeler
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1223–1233. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2047.
PMCID: PMC2435585
Acylated homoserine lactones in the environment: chameleons of bioactivity
Mike Manefield and Andrew S Whiteley
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1235–1240. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2048.
PMCID: PMC2435586
Evolutionary theory of bacterial quorum sensing: when is a signal not a signal?
Stephen P Diggle, Andy Gardner, Stuart A West, and Ashleigh S Griffin
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2007 July 29; 362(1483): 1241–1249. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2049.
PMCID: PMC2435587
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